ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For the first time, the Department of Public Safety has developed a dashboard to inform the public on efforts the Alaska State Troopers are taking to stop drug trafficking in the state. Available data includes total seizures made by the Alaska State Troopers’ Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) by month for the […]
FAIRBANKS, AK—More than 350 Alaskans rallied in Arctic Village, Anchorage, and Fairbanks during public comments to add their voices to a growing movement demanding an end to plans for oil extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Defend the Sacred – Alaska, a statewide network of climate change and Indigenous rights entities, organized testimonial rallies […]
Thursday, officers with the Patrol Division, Community Action Policing (CAP) and the Investigative Support Unit (ISU) partnered with Fred Meyer (1000 East Northern Lights Blvd.) for another undercover Retail Detail operation. Officers arrested 25 people for various felony and misdemeanor charges. More than $1500.00 in stolen merchandise was recovered by the team. The arrests […]
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Department of the Interior today for failing to provide public records on Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt’s communications and schedules. These records could shed light on the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to allow an enormous California groundwater-mining scheme, Cadiz, Inc., to move forward without environmental review. Today’s lawsuit also seeks […]